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We Use Comparative When We Compare Two People or Things Lots of Comparative Adjectives End in

The document summarizes the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It explains that comparative adjectives typically end in -er and are used to compare two people or things, while superlatives typically end in -est and compare more than two things. It provides examples of regular adjectives that follow the typical patterns as well as irregular adjectives that have different forms. It then provides two exercises for the reader to practice forming comparative and superlative adjectives.

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We Use Comparative When We Compare Two People or Things Lots of Comparative Adjectives End in

The document summarizes the rules for forming comparative and superlative adjectives in English. It explains that comparative adjectives typically end in -er and are used to compare two people or things, while superlatives typically end in -est and compare more than two things. It provides examples of regular adjectives that follow the typical patterns as well as irregular adjectives that have different forms. It then provides two exercises for the reader to practice forming comparative and superlative adjectives.

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-We use Comparative when we compare two people or things.

Lots of Comparative adjectives end in:-er


-Example:
Superlatives are used to compare more than two things.
1. Small-Smaller 3.Old-Older
Lots of Comparative adjectives end in: est
2.- Warm-Warmer
Example: 4.Tall-Taller
If one-syllable
1. Short- an e, we just add –r
Shortest adjective ends with 3.High-Highest
-Example:
2. Smart-Smartest 4.Dark-Darkest
1. Nice-Nicer,
If one-syllable adjective ends with an e, we just add st
2.Wide-Wider
-Examples:
We use more with the unchanged adjectives:
1. Nice-Nicest,
-2.Wide-Widest
Example:
1. Boring-More
We use most Boring
with the unchanged adjective
2. Beautiful-More Beautiful
-Example:
1. Boring-Most Boring
Note : If the word ends:
2. Beautiful-Most consonant-vowel-consonant, then the last consonant is usually
Beautiful
doubled in the comparative.
Adjectives with one syllable + Y (Y changes to I)
Examples:
-Example:big-bigger, fat-fatter, hot-hotter.
Friendly-Friendliest

Certain adjectives have irregular forms in the comparative and superlative degrees:

Adjective Comparative Superlative


1. Good Better The best
2. Little less least
3. Bad worse worst
4. Far farther farthest

1) Exercise
Complete the comparative and superlative adjective chart below.

1. Sweet Sweeter Sweetest


2. Long Longer Longest
3. Fast Faster Fastest
4. Old Older Oldest
5. Expensive More Expensive Most Expensive
6. Large Larger Largest
7. Tall Taller Tallest
8. Rich Richer Richest
9. Hard Harder Hardest
10.Warm Warmer Warmest
11.Nice Nicer Nicest
12.Bad Worse Worst
13.Young Younger Youngest

2) Exercise Fill in the correct form of the words in brackets (comparative or superlative).

1. This is the (interesting) _most interesting book I have ever read.


2. She is _happier_ (happy) now than he was last year.
3. I always tell the _funniest__ (fun) jokes.
4. They are not going to the worse_ (bad) hotel.
5. He was the (clever) __cleverest__ boy of all.
6. Sara is 13 years old.  Ana is 5 years old.  Sara is (old) __older than__Ana.
7. The weather is not good today - it's snowing. I hope the weather will be (good) _the best_ next
week.

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